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a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account
several obituaries for Herman Melville portrayed him as an obscure, largely forgotten author
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Recent Examples of obituary
The author’s fare was relatively popular (though not among literary critics) in his time: Upon his death in 1899, obituaries from the Boston Globe and the Harvard Graduates’ magazine estimated his books had sold up to a million copies.
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Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025
Mike Tannenbaum can’t run Jets GM search and be ESPN’s ‘Front Office Insider’
The two (emotional) voices verbally wrote the quarterback’s football obituary.
—Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
Her death was announced in an obituary in The Oklahoman.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025
Carter was born in the tiny town (population well under 1,000) in 1924, and spent part of his childhood living on his family’s farm in nearby Archery before moving to a house in Plains and graduating from the town’s high school, according to a Washington Post obituary.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025
Mike Tannenbaum can’t run Jets GM search and be ESPN’s ‘Front Office Insider’
The two (emotional) voices verbally wrote the quarterback’s football obituary.
—Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
Her death was announced in an obituary in The Oklahoman.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025
Carter was born in the tiny town (population well under 1,000) in 1924, and spent part of his childhood living on his family’s farm in nearby Archery before moving to a house in Plains and graduating from the town’s high school, according to a Washington Post obituary.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obituary
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Erica Zora Wrightson, who interviewed Herrera in 2016, wrote the obit.—
Laurie Ochoa,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025
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Here is some of the Times obit, June 9, 1994: Eric A. Nordlinger, a foreign affairs expert and professor at Brown, Harvard and Brandeis universities, died last Friday at his home in Cambridge, Mass.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
12 Dec. 2024
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In retrospect, however, Obama’s speech looks less like the dawn of a new era than an epitaph for a brief period of hope that was rapidly coming to an end.—
Joshua Keating,
Vox,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Romans annexed what is now the south of France—where modern Vence lies, just west of the Italian border—in 125 B.C.E. The ancient Romans have a reputation for detailed epitaphs.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Dec. 2024
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In 2022, the drought in the Czech Republic was so severe that the Elbe River receded to reveal a rock along the bank with an inscription chiseled in 1417.—
Joel Stein,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Jan. 2025
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The coin is dated 1987 with an engraved inscription.—
Ashley J. DiMella Fox News,
Fox News,
2 Jan. 2025
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The show raised funds for a memorial for the victims of a terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert at the same venue earlier that year.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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Caleb’s death shook his community and prompted at least three memorials, vigils and marches in the week that followed.—
Michael Wilson,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Obituary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obituary. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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